Oxidative stress markers and C-reactive protein are related to severity of heart failure in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Celina Wojciechowska Ewa Romuk Andrzej TomasikBronisława Skrzep-PoloczekEwa Nowalany-KozielskaEwa BirknerWojciech Jacheć

Published in: Mediators of inflammation (2014)

There are relationships among the severity of symptoms of heart failure, echocardiographic hemodynamic parameters, oxidative stress, and inflammatory activation. Increased MnSOD activity indicates the mitochondrial source of ROS in patients with advanced heart failure.

Keyphrases

heart failure
oxidative stress
left ventricular
dna damage
diabetic rats
acute heart failure
ischemia reperfusion injury
cardiac resynchronization therapy
induced apoptosis
atrial fibrillation
cell death
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
left atrial
sleep quality
reactive oxygen species
ejection fraction